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Contents

Copyrights ..................................................................................................................................... 8

1.2

Media ............................................................................................................................................ 8

1.3

Warranty ....................................................................................................................................... 8

1.4

Liability .......................................................................................................................................... 8

1.5

Force Majeure ............................................................................................................................... 8

2.1

General safety instructions ........................................................................................................... 9

2.1.1

English .................................................................................................................................................... 9

2.1.2

French .................................................................................................................................................. 10

2.1.3

Italian ................................................................................................................................................... 11

2.1.4

German ................................................................................................................................................ 12

2.1.5

Spanish ................................................................................................................................................ 14

2.1.6

Symbols on product identification and warning labels ....................................................................... 15

2.1.7

Environmental specifications for all Picturall models.......................................................................... 17

3.1

Picturall Series Media Servers ..................................................................................................... 18

3.2

Package Contents ........................................................................................................................ 18

3.3

Rack mount information ............................................................................................................. 18

3.4

Front panel .................................................................................................................................. 19

3.4.1

Display screen ...................................................................................................................................... 19

3.4.2

Power off ............................................................................................................................................. 19

3.4.3

Forced shutdown ................................................................................................................................. 19

3.5

Rear panels and Connections ...................................................................................................... 20

3.5.1

Picturall Twin rear panel ...................................................................................................................... 20

3.5.2

Picturall Twin Compact rear panel ...................................................................................................... 20

3.5.3

Picturall Twin Compact Mark II rear panel .......................................................................................... 21

3.5.4

Picturall Quad rear panel ..................................................................................................................... 21

3.5.5

Picturall Quad Mark II rear panel ........................................................................................................ 22

3.5.6

Picturall Quad Compact rear panel ..................................................................................................... 22

3.5.7

Picturall Quad Compact Mark II rear panel ......................................................................................... 23

3.5.8

Picturall Pro rear panel ........................................................................................................................ 23

3.5.9

Picturall Pro Mark II rear panel ............................................................................................................ 24

3.5.10

Hardware and license options ............................................................................................................. 25

3.5.11

Audio support (optional) ..................................................................................................................... 25

4.1

Precautions when Mounting Picturall Series Media Server ....................................................... 26

4.2

Start the Picturall Series Media Server ....................................................................................... 26

5.1

Web configurator ........................................................................................................................ 27

5.1.1

Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................... 27

5.1.2

Server configuration ............................................................................................................................ 28

5.1.3

LTC configuration ................................................................................................................................. 28

5.1.4

Display configuration ........................................................................................................................... 29

5.1.5

Custom display resolutions .................................................................................................................. 32

5.1.6

DMX Configuration .............................................................................................................................. 32

5.1.7

Audio configuration (optional) ............................................................................................................ 33

5.1.8

Network configuration ........................................................................................................................ 36

5.1.9

Time configuration .............................................................................................................................. 38

5.1.10

Synchronization settings ...................................................................................................................... 38

Summary of Contents for MSP16-MkII

Page 1: ...SER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Picturall Series Media Servers V3 5 References MST02 R1 MSTC02 R1 MSQ04 R1 MSQC04 R1 MSP16 R1 MST02 R2 MSTC02 R2 MSQ04 R2 MSQC04 R2 MSP16 R2...

Page 2: ...property of Analog Way and are protected by copyrights and other intellectual property rights 2018 Analog Way all rights reserved 10 2022 Consequently any representation and or reproduction in part o...

Page 3: ...all Twin rear panel 20 3 5 2 Picturall Twin Compact rear panel 20 3 5 3 Picturall Twin Compact Mark II rear panel 21 3 5 4 Picturall Quad rear panel 21 3 5 5 Picturall Quad Mark II rear panel 22 3 5 6...

Page 4: ...tings 59 5 6 Configuration mode 59 6 1 Installing Updating Picturall Commander 60 6 2 Connecting to Picturall Series Media Server 61 6 3 User Interface 61 6 4 Control Tabs 61 6 4 1 Arrange windows 62...

Page 5: ...urved surface projection Warp correction 78 8 8 Vioso Autocalibration 78 8 8 1 Autocalibration example for two projectors on a curved surface 78 8 8 2 Vioso autocalibrated outputs in Picturall Command...

Page 6: ...15 10 5 3 Forward tracking 115 10 5 4 Full tracking 116 10 6 Triggering cues with Timecode 117 10 6 1 Cue programming with timecode 117 10 6 2 Set trigger timecoded with System Wallclock 119 10 6 3 Me...

Page 7: ...1 3 Performance 133 11 3 1 Toggle view 134 11 3 2 Refresh 134 11 3 3 Color 134 11 4 Timecode out 134 11 5 Control Model 135 11 6 Commander Log 135 12 1 User Maintenance Air filter 136 12 1 1 Air filte...

Page 8: ...ts no warranty regarding the utility or contents of the software Analog Way will warrant the hardware for three years from the date of purchase The method of warranty is Return to Base transport costs...

Page 9: ...ssis to ground POWER CORD The device is equipped with one or multiple detachable power cords A device identified with the symbol above indicates that the equipment has multiple power cords To remove m...

Page 10: ...un radiateur ou une poche d air chaud ni dans un endroit expos au rayonnement solaire direct des poussi res excessives des vibrations ou des chocs m caniques Ceci pourrait provoquer un mauvais fonctio...

Page 11: ...diatement l appareil et faites le contr ler par un personnel qualifi avant de le remettre en service 2 1 3 Italian Allo scopo di capire meglio il funzionamento di questa apparecchiatura vi consigliam...

Page 12: ...razioni Aprire il pannello frontale e effettuare la pulizia dei filtri dipende dal modello Sostituire un alimentatore rimuovibile dipende dal modello I fusibili presenti nel dispositivo non sono stati...

Page 13: ...Stromkabel nicht fallen lassen und keine schweren Gegenst nde darauf stellen Wenn eines der Netzkabel besch digt ist das Ger t sofort abschalten Es ist gef hrlich das Ger t mit einem besch digten Str...

Page 14: ...mbolos anteriores conecte la toma de tierra antes de conectar el equipo al suministro el ctrico Utilize un cable para conecta cualquier tornillo del chasis con la toma de tierra de la instalaci n CAB...

Page 15: ...berturas aireaci n ranuras etc Nointroduzca all ning n objeto ni obstruya nunca estas aberturas Si un l quido o un objeto penetra al interior del aparato descon ctelo y h galo revisar por personal cua...

Page 16: ...16 www analogway com USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL...

Page 17: ...5 mm Dimensions with rack mount and handles W 482 x H 177 x D 694 mm Product Weight Quad Mark II 20 8g Pro Mark II fully loaded 24 5kg General Cooling air flows from front side to rear Max ambient ope...

Page 18: ...Series Media Servers product range includes 3 models Twin Quad and Pro The following table illustrates the differences between the units Picturall Series Media Servers Outputs Description Twin Twin C...

Page 19: ...button to wake the display and show server information Press again to cycle through the next pages The display automatically goes off after 3 minutes of inactivity 3 4 2 Power off Tip The following pr...

Page 20: ...optional redundant and hot swappable power supplies 2 Two channel audio interface with balanced XLR outputs optional 3 RS232 plug optional 4 Ethernet plug 5 USB plug 6 Two DisplayPort 1 2 outputs 4K...

Page 21: ...ed XLR outputs optional audio interface 4 Slot 1 Fixed card with two DisplayPort 1 2 outputs 4K 60Hz 10 bit 4 4 4 5 Slot 2 for additional input card 6 Slot 3 for additional input or network card 3 5 4...

Page 22: ...hot swappable power supplies 4 One USB port and two 10Gb s Ethernet plugs 5 Slots 1 2 and 3 for additional input or network cards 6 Slot 4 Fixed card with four DisplayPort 1 2 outputs 4K 60Hz 10 bit...

Page 23: ...isplayPort 1 2 outputs 4K 60Hz 10 bit 4 4 4 5 Slot 2 for additional input card 6 Slot 3 for additional input or network card 3 5 8 Picturall Pro rear panel Fig 9 Picturall Pro rear panel 1 Power suppl...

Page 24: ...lanced XLR inputs for timecode LTC and 2x balanced XLR outputs Optional audio interface 2 Genlock optional 3 Power supply optional redundant and hot swappable power supplies 4 One USB port and two 10G...

Page 25: ...ports to the Media Server Dante audio License for 32 channels of Dante over ip audio Vioso autocalibration License for camera based autocalibration option Table 2 Picturall Series Media Servers option...

Page 26: ...e at the front and rear of the unit is recommended Do not block the ventilation Do not place any fluid above or near the server Do not apply any pressure against the chassis or the connectors 4 2 Star...

Page 27: ...o configure the server from a computer connected to same network without installing a separate control software To access the web configurator launch a web browser and enter the server IP address in t...

Page 28: ...iplebuffering Enable sync card and genlock Picturall Pro only check to enable Genlock checked by default if the sync card is installed Enable event logging the system gathers logs from playback events...

Page 29: ...relevant displays before booting the media server 1 In Setup select Auto 2 Per output plug select Auto to follow EDID or Disable the output if needed 3 If needed select Signal HDMI to force the HDMI s...

Page 30: ...essor driven by one output from a Picturall Media Server In the Display configuration menu select the number of virtual displays used in an output The virtual display will appear as an independent dis...

Page 31: ...dio channels 1 In the Streaming display menu click Add new stream a Select a resolution b Select the NDI stream destination c Set the number of audio channels d Enable disable alpha channel 2 Click Ad...

Page 32: ...e first universe and the rest of the layers will be patched to next universes If patching more than 9 layers the server will use several Art Net universes 2 Art Net subnet Set the Art Net subnet value...

Page 33: ...nnels can be connected Each mixer channel is connected to an audio source channel For example channel 1 on an audio interface is connected to the mixer channel 2 Media file with two audio tracks is pl...

Page 34: ...Configured NDI streaming displays with audio enabled 7 Other detected audio devices Table 4 Automatic audio mode audio device priorities The two audio interfaces with highest priority will be routed...

Page 35: ...connected to c In Output and Input channels set the number of channels for the interface Any channel missing in the connected audio device will be set to mute 3 Click Save Fig 21 Add new audio interfa...

Page 36: ...dinate and for network configuring see the documentation from Audinate website 5 1 8 Network configuration Fig 24 Network configuration Tip Click Identify to make the selected ethernet connector blink...

Page 37: ...twork ethernet interfaces are available as options for Picturall Mark II servers The optional network cards can be set either to secure or non secure network Enable the Secure mode to prevent incoming...

Page 38: ...the selected data on synchronization server will be cloned to registered synchronization clients Note Synchronization requires each client to be compatible with the server When changes to synchroniza...

Page 39: ...nchronization server when synchronization configuration is applied The status of the synchronization is displayed in the Synchronization status menu Fig 27 Synchronization settings Note If a synchroni...

Page 40: ...B configuration settings are not duplicated and existing media files on server B are not deleted 9 After the transfer is complete restart Server B and make sure that it has the same shows and media d...

Page 41: ...e formatting method is modified all media on hard drives will be deleted Note Two media drive configuration is a hardware option for Twin and Quad servers Contact Analog Way support for more details 5...

Page 42: ...config spx Fig 28 Enable SPX graphics SPX user can opt in to collect and post anonymous user statistics from SPX The function gathers information for example how many times play stop continue buttons...

Page 43: ...content form found below the install SPX templates form To reset the modifications made with the installed SPX content press the Reset SPX content button from the bottom of the SPX configurator page...

Page 44: ...cs controller Open the SPX graphics controller from the Web configurator Tools SPX graphics and click on the link Commander GUI right click on SPX media in a collection and select Open SPX controller...

Page 45: ...templates Pressing this button will bring up a file browser containing folders with SPX templates The selected templates will be listed under the project Fig 33 Templates assigned to the new project...

Page 46: ...es that will be required in a project or a show can be selected here To sort the selected templates to specific situations rundowns can be created to the project Note Please refer to SPX controller fo...

Page 47: ...e content and template playback After selecting the required templates the presented content with these templates can be modified Double click on the template to open the modifying options Add the req...

Page 48: ...ter 5 2 2 4 and the preview will appear on the SPX UI Fig 38 Template playback preview on SPX UI Stop the template playback by pressing the red Stop button or by pressing the Space bar from the keyboa...

Page 49: ...ectly to your target resolution Define the SPX layers that will be displayed on this SPX graphics default All Set the SPX layer to display either Program or Preview default Program Click OK to confirm...

Page 50: ...ay setup can have multiple displays with different resolutions and multiple layers of media can be played When using the SPX graphics it is important that the SPX graphics layer is on top of any other...

Page 51: ...ue for triggering an SPX event This cue can be an empty cue or related to something else Right click on the created cue and select Edit macro from the dropdown menu In the Enter Cue Macro menu select...

Page 52: ...PX graphics Invoke SPX template function on a SPX layer can be used to invoke a custom javascript function on a SPX template Instead of project and rundown web playout layer in which the SPX template...

Page 53: ...chronization clients see chapter 5 1 10 5 3 1 Create an admin user account 1 Open the web configurator and go to Tools User management 2 Enter a Username and passwords 3 Click Add account The admin us...

Page 54: ...r see 5 1 11 Import and Export configuration page 40 To save the show in Commander UI see 10 1 Save a show page 132 5 4 1 Firmware update Fig 44 Manage firmware configuration page 1 Download the lates...

Page 55: ...ast 2GB of free space 2 Go to www analogway com and download the Picturall installer 3 Run the installer 4 In the Distribution menu select the latest version non beta 5 Make sure the selected Drive is...

Page 56: ...pdate file Or use drag and drop from the desktop browser 5 Click Select target USB and select the USB drive connected in step 1 6 Click Create USB installer to start the installation 7 When Picturall...

Page 57: ...pported in the following web browsers Chrome Firefox Safari and Edge version 79 or newer Fig 46 Web configurator Media manager Media collections are displayed on the left side Server Media files Input...

Page 58: ...he upload a transfer progress bar will appear above the Media library indicating the transfer status Note Leaving the media manager or closing the browser during a media transfer will interrupt the tr...

Page 59: ...ions play mode and fading settings see 6 Media page 63 5 6 Configuration mode The Configuration mode allows the user to configure directly on the media server using a connected keyboard This mode incl...

Page 60: ...icturall Commander This ensures that the show files are safe at all times The software is on the USB drive delivered with the server The latest version of Picturall Commander for Windows OSX and Linux...

Page 61: ...ore connecting 5 In the Name field enter a name for the connection 6 Under Advanced change the values for Text protocol port and Data protocol port if needed 7 If needed uncheck Connect immediately 8...

Page 62: ...n one click from the menu icons toolbar 6 4 1 Arrange windows Once a panel is opened drag and drop a tab to customize the layout All tabs can be placed anywhere in the layout top bottom left or right...

Page 63: ...columns as needed Right click a media library column name and select which columns to display or hide Tip Media manager can also be found from the web configurator see chapter 6 9 7 1 Media types Pic...

Page 64: ...Free server space bar 7 2 1 Import a local media file To import a local media file to the server 1 Select a media file in the Local path list or computer file browser Hold Ctrl or Shift to select mul...

Page 65: ...mage quality Tip An image sequence must have at least 49 frames Images must have the same filename ending in 000 001 002 etc to be detected as a sequence To import an image sequence follow these steps...

Page 66: ...code a media file present on the server Tip For optimal performance encode 4K and higher files to AWX format and AWX Alpha if alpha channel Note Encoding is only applicable for original video files no...

Page 67: ...ed Visit https www adobe com creativecloud html or refer to Adobe website 7 2 7 1 Install AWX plugin Download the installer for Windows or MAC and install the plugin to your system The applicable Adob...

Page 68: ...e Server path list Hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple inputs 2 Drag and drop it on the media collection slot to use 7 5 Add web pages and video streams 7 5 1 Add a web page to a media collection Pi...

Page 69: ...Click OK Note After a web page is added to a collection it is impossible to change its URL 7 5 4 Add a URL video stream to the server Picturall Media Servers connected to the internet support video st...

Page 70: ...plate scales correctly to your target resolution b Define the SPX layers that will be displayed on this SPX graphics default All c Set the SPX layer to display either Program or Preview default Progra...

Page 71: ...e media click the dropdown in the Crossfade column and select a Crossfade style or right click a media and select Edit media fading settings Fig 59 Media Crossfade settings Crossfade setting Descripti...

Page 72: ...ow Default display name includes display resolution and refresh rate when available Fig 61 Picturall Commander Display Menu 1 Select a display from the Display list 2 At the right of the Display list...

Page 73: ...g single display as a group Set current state as a default adjustments become relative to this state 8 2 Display adjustment tabs Adjustment tab Description Positioning Place transform and enable disab...

Page 74: ...ay number of each display Use to identify displays and make sure they are properly connected Selected Display grid Show grid and middle point of selected display Use when adjusting angle and curved su...

Page 75: ...reen Display wizard Displays can be arranged in groups to allow control of multiple displays at once The Display wizard helps creating screens made with multiple displays Fig 63 Display wizard 1 Click...

Page 76: ...GPUs menu and click Optimize Note For more information about GPU optimization see Optimize GPU resolution and drawing performance page 147 8 6 Edge Blending Edge blending is a feature that gradually f...

Page 77: ...anel Tip If blend area is brighter or dimmer than rest of the picture use the Gamma setting to correct the image The color correction is also possible with the RGB controls Note When clicking Blend th...

Page 78: ...ls offered with Picturall Commander UI the autocalibration makes possible to create 360 degree projections dome projections and projection mapping among others Autocalibration requirements Analog Way...

Page 79: ...nalog Way Vioso tools begin with starting up the Picturall display configurator With this program a new project is created for the calibration NOTE Vioso autocalibration tools require Windows 10 or 11...

Page 80: ...1 2 Projector and Display setup Fig 67 Autocalibration Projector and Display setup After the configuration with the Display configuration continue the process with the Projector and Display setup soft...

Page 81: ...e are doing a curved screen with two projectors Then define how the projectors are mounted Projectors are selected to be in an arbitrary grid for the how the projectors are placed Pressing the Next bu...

Page 82: ...SER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig 69 Autocalibration outputs camera and projector arrangement Next we adjust the camera and its options If the color is clearly off you can test to set the white balance to au...

Page 83: ...ate as many masks as needed The created masks will be listed and be available for later editing on a list at the right hand side In this example a mask to block out the middle stripe and another to le...

Page 84: ...rm new scan to begin Fig 73 Autocalibration start scanning the projection surface The projected dots indicate how well the calibrator can make out the surface Green is good If the lighting was worse o...

Page 85: ...bration Adjusting projection thresholds when you have a good plate of green dots you click next and the automatic calibration will start Various test patterns will be projected on the projection surfa...

Page 86: ...n process 2 projectors The calibration process is repeated for all the displays or projectors that were defined in the calibration first phase After all the defined outputs have been calibrated the pr...

Page 87: ...rs the curved surface Fig 80 Autocalibration warping the outputs The tools to create output warping are located on the left hand side of the virtual canvas The tools are magnified in the image above I...

Page 88: ...n the right hand side Here you can also do some additional color and brightness adjustments for calibrated outputs projectors Fig 82 Autocalibration creating a mask Created mask will now appear also i...

Page 89: ...tion to the defined Picturall server The process will be presented with following progress bar The exported output calibration will be automatically applied to Picturall display configuration Fig 84 A...

Page 90: ...icturall media server Test the created projection with some media content Fig 86 Autocalibration completed For more complex projection setups see the instructions and documentation from the Vioso webs...

Page 91: ...gle display on multi display calibration can lead to calibration results being applied to unexpected position Display position adjustments should be done only to all calibrated displays together Warni...

Page 92: ...splay list 2 Open the Color Correction panel and enable Alpha only 3 If needed enable Alpha invert 8 10 Crop display size Use Cropping to limit the size of the display With cropping tool the area of i...

Page 93: ...e the layers for easier use 9 1 2 Layer Priority The layers a listed from 1 to 32 By default the layer number defines its priority If layers overlap on the composition the layer with the highest numbe...

Page 94: ...for the media It is possible to set the In and Out points on the playback bar by dragging the points or right clicking on the bar Go 10 20 or 30 Set the current playback position to X seconds before t...

Page 95: ...tion 9 3 Composition In Composition adjust the layer position scale and rotation on the display Click then drag or scroll to adjust the values hold Shift for precise adjustments 1 Go to Layers and sel...

Page 96: ...layers below the drawn layer are not visible except alpha channel Additive Equation L1 L2 Add the pixel values of the drawn layer to layers below it brighter image White areas in either layer stay whi...

Page 97: ...tings Under Advanced in Composition set the layer Draw priority Deinterlacing and Scaling algorithm Draw priority Set a number to override the layer number priority system see Layer Priority page 93 B...

Page 98: ...he Layer list 2 Click Sync selected 3 Select the layer or MTC to be the source for the current layer Note By default the layers do not synchronize to any source 9 5 2 Set layer Frame rate Note Frame r...

Page 99: ...taneously These audio interfaces can be automatically or manually configured in the Web configurator see chapter 5 1 7 Audio configuration optional page 33 Use the Channel mixer to assign an output an...

Page 100: ...pixelized then rotated with cube effect and vice versa if Fx1 3D Cube and Fx2 Pixelize Fig 91 Effects To apply an effect select one effect in the dropdown list and adjust the effect specific paramete...

Page 101: ...y effect see Alpha Fill and Alpha Key Cut Fill page 108 Alpha Key Uses this layer as the Alpha Key layer for the previous layer see Alpha Fill and Alpha Key Cut Fill page 108 Blur Add blur to the laye...

Page 102: ...function with inverse values to the Chromakey effect Comic Reduce the number of colors and hues used in the layer creating a comic book like effect Directional blur Smear the pixels of the layer into...

Page 103: ...ually using the mixing parameter Edge Laplace add Detect edges in the layer by adding blur and subtracts the result from the original layer image Gaussian blur Add blur to the layer using the Gaussian...

Page 104: ...tinuous colors to single colored dots Adjust dots size background color and alpha channel Heavy blur Add a large amount of blur by comparing surrounding pixels with a large radius Inverse Invert the c...

Page 105: ...or the layer making the bright areas transparent Lumakey inverse Create a luminance key compositing function with inverse values to the Lumakey effect Mask Mask out or crop the layer so only part of i...

Page 106: ...yer Similar to the Edge blur effect with more parameters Radial blur Blur the layer by smearing pixels around the center point Radial blur advanced Blur the layer by smearing pixels around the center...

Page 107: ...USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Effect Image Description Tiles Create scaled down tiled copies of the layer Water ripple Add a distortion on the layer resembling a ripple on water Wave Add distor...

Page 108: ...e black areas of the Alpha Key layer Note Alpha Fill is only effective if the next layer has the Alpha Key effect Alpha Key is only effective if the previous layer has the Alpha Fill effect The Alpha...

Page 109: ...t show as a default show This show will be loaded every time the Picturall Series Media Server is turned on When starting with exported show Playback 1 automatically starts playing assigned cue stack...

Page 110: ...meter value It is possible to record unchanged or default values into a programmer manually When the desired parameters are recorded in the programmer the programmer content can be saved to a new cue...

Page 111: ...is possible to set Default Cue timings for all parameters and custom wait and fade times for specific parameters In case of conflict the custom timings prevail Otherwise a cue is complete when the cue...

Page 112: ...yed to the end and the manually triggered cue will wait for trigger at the beginning of the cue After 3 1 1 An automatically triggered cue following a manually triggered cue will now play without a tr...

Page 113: ...e to the original cue in the Cue list This reference is called Cue Stack Entry or CSE 10 3 2 Remove a cue from a cue stack Right click a cue in a stack and select Remove to remove it from the stack Th...

Page 114: ...e cues from playback not from the cue stack list or the cue list Note If a show is exported with cue stacks in one of the Playback areas rebooting the server will automatically start playing the cues...

Page 115: ...Cue 4 In this case the succession of parameters of Cue 2 Cue 3 and Cue 4 are added to the result The playback jumps to Cue 4 as if all cues were run in a sequence Fig 99 Jump from Cue 1 to Cue 4 with...

Page 116: ...appened during the playback To perform a full tracking jump hold the Shift key and click the Go or Go To buttons Same example with full tracking 1 Load Cue 1 2 Manually rotate the layer 3 Jump to Cue...

Page 117: ...MTC audio option required LTC audio option required Synchronizing layer timecode over network A timecode provider can be selected for each playback One timecode provider can be connected selected to m...

Page 118: ...pears at the bottom of the playback 3 Right click a CSE and select Trigger type Timecode 4 In the CSE Timecode setting enter the timecode in HH MM SS SSS format By default Wait Fade and Hold settings...

Page 119: ...ote The server wallclock may differ from the time on the computer which runs Commander Set the server wallclock time with web configurator see 4 1 8 Time Settings page 38 The Wallclock timecode is bas...

Page 120: ...ecode emitted is simply the same timecode the playback receives adjusted by optional output and input offsets Fig 106 Selecting a Layer or a Playback as timecode provider When using media layer as a t...

Page 121: ...ain select None as the selected timecode provider Timecode generator supports basic controls and actions such as Play Pause Stop Seek To and End Action Inpoint and outpoint can also be adjusted Up to...

Page 122: ...LTC configuration page 28 The defined LTC inputs can be set as timecode provider from the Picturall Commander timecode menu Different audio channels from one or more audio cards can be configured to...

Page 123: ...e code sources wallclock layer LTC etc Right clicking the network item will also bring up options to clear previously configured time code sources refresh the source list and edit time code offsets 10...

Page 124: ...epeating in cue playback view Note Only the first occurrence of the repeating schedule is listed in playback view and the cue is listed based on its timecode even when its scheduling conditions preven...

Page 125: ...e Repeat within day selection if the event is required to trigger more than once a day Set the daily repeat schedule within 24 hour clock to appointed time fields Tip Both calendar and repeat within d...

Page 126: ...schedule view An entry without a defined schedule has a timecode displayed A cue scheduled to repeat every hour is shown multiple times in the list A cue without any daily repeat schedule appears only...

Page 127: ...position change to a new cue Three cues are created in the Cue List a background media without logo the background media with the logo on the left and the background media with the logo on the right...

Page 128: ...To create a cue macro Right click a cue in the Cue List or a CSE in a Cue stack then click Edit macro 10 10 1 2 Empty cue It is possible to create a cue macro on an empty cue a cue with no layer chang...

Page 129: ...tom macro Fig 114 Cue macro 10 10 2 1 Trigger cue macro This executes a cue when a macro is executed 1 Click Trigger cue 2 Click the dropdown list and select a cue 3 Click OK 10 10 2 2 Trigger playbac...

Page 130: ...d then click custom macro to edit the content The command list is available in a document enclosed to this User Manual To create a custom cue macro 1 If needed click any action to load the content 2 C...

Page 131: ...try macro Create an entry macro for a cue stack which is needed to run immediately after a system has booted up without separately triggering a cue in Commander 1 Right click on cue stack 2 Select Edi...

Page 132: ...menu In the Genlock menu check the sync status If needed click Resync genlock to reset synchronization If needed use Framelock pulse delay to adjust the sync manually using an offset in nanoseconds 1...

Page 133: ...ics are useful to show potential problems Graph Description CPU Average workload 1 means the load is equivalent to a single CPU core being fully loaded 8 means that 8 cores are fully loaded If the val...

Page 134: ...ate turn refreshing on off and manually refresh the graphs 11 3 3 Color In the Color column in the table click the buttons on every row to set the color scheme of the graph view 11 4 Timecode out In t...

Page 135: ...trol systems 1 Open both the Control Model and Properties tab 2 Click in the tree structure to view control specific information and view the information on the Properties tab 11 6 Commander Log Comma...

Page 136: ...t back in place 8 Gently tilt up the front panel until it is aligned 9 Gently push the front panel back in place on a straight axis 10 Set the screws back in place The air filter is cleaned and the me...

Page 137: ...cking the connection Video Playback is not smooth Disable unused displays Verify there are no playing back of layers that are not visible select all layers in the Layer list right click on them and se...

Page 138: ...lue Home locate value 1 Intensity 0 255 2 3 X Layer X position 0 65535 Coordinate ranges from 5 to 5 32768 32768 4 5 Y Layer Y position 0 65535 Coordinate ranges from 5 to 5 32768 32768 6 7 Rotation 0...

Page 139: ...a default fps 1 63 1 63 fps fixed playback 64 160 0 200 relative playback speed 112 Media default fps 161 255 Reserved frame blending 17 18 Seek Seek to position 0 65535 No value No value 0 Beginning...

Page 140: ...No value No value 34 FX1 Library FX1 Library 0 255 Select FX look at FX Assignment sheet 0 0 35 FX1 Param1 FX1 Param1 0 255 No value No value 36 FX1 Param2 FX1 Param2 0 255 No value No value 37 FX1 P...

Page 141: ...2 Subtract Subtract upper layer from lower layers 3 Darken Select darker parts of upper and lower layers 4 Lighten Select lighter parts of upper and lower layers 5 Multiply Multiply layer intensities...

Page 142: ...k Border 4 1 Amount of border Outside blur Inside blur Border color red Border color green Border color blue Edge Blur 4 2 Blur amount Mask 4 3 Mask left Mask right Mask top Mask bottom Keystone 4 4 O...

Page 143: ...5 Number of columns in a display grid 1 1 2 Grid height Number of displays in a display grid vertically 0 255 Number of rows in a display grid 1 1 3 Blend size Amount of blend overlap in percentage 0...

Page 144: ...vas lines only 135 degrees diagonal 16 DN Canvas lines horizontal and vertical 17 DN Canvas lines horizontal and 45 degrees diagonal 18 DN Canvas lines horizontal and 135 degrees diagonal 19 DN Canvas...

Page 145: ...X 0 65535 Moves coordinate 0 0 5 units towards the center 0 0 8 9 Keystone TR Y Keystone top right Y 0 65535 Moves coordinate 0 0 5 units towards the center 0 0 10 11 Keystone BR X Keystone bottom ri...

Page 146: ...ration S M A R T Status Check Disabled Advanced Onboard devices configuration Azalia HD Audio Disabled Advanced Onboard devices configuration Intel LAN1 Controller Disabled Advanced Onboard devices co...

Page 147: ...ic card performance with the current display setup If the displays are not side by side horizontally in the show composition using the automatic canvas optimization gives the best results C c Canvas a...

Page 148: ...e native resolution0F 1 If displays have gap between them or they have different sizes then scaling will be performed and native resolution might not be archived To know actual pixels representing sin...

Page 149: ...setup display to be control monitor showing everything Note If the control monitor is connected to a GPU that has other displays connected resolution in those display is going to be bad This also affe...

Page 150: ...dress char name 32 null terminated host name char version 32 null terminated server version string __attribute__ packed Clients can then connect to a given IP address and use the version field for det...

Page 151: ...trlInfo at cmdiface cc 2409 Control info for source1 Control object 0 Object controls Parameter name String Object name 0 source1 Parameter description String Description of the object 0 Control info...

Page 152: ...command ctrl_status object to see an object s current parameter values Both ctrl_status and ctrl_info commands send their output normally as human readable text but also as a message that is easier t...

Page 153: ...nder type Message type specified as number content Content of message depends on message type 13 CTRL_STATUS Control status result of ctrl_status 14 CTRL_INFO Control info result of ctrl_info 15 ENUM_...

Page 154: ...essage content is the parameter descriptions for object Example message linefeeds added for better readability MSG 100002 176 14 Control object 0 Object controls nParameter name String Object name 0 s...

Page 155: ...io10 n 253 fx_l10_fx1 n254 fx_l10_fx2 n255 layer11 n256 source11 n260 audio11 n261 fx_l11_fx1 n262 fx_l11_fx2 n263 layer12 n264 source12 n 268 audio12 n269 fx_l12_fx1 n270 fx_l12_fx2 n271 layer13 n 27...

Page 156: ...ument takes the form parameter value where parameter is name of the parameter belonging to selected object and value is a valid value for that parameter Multiple parameter value pairs can be given by...

Page 157: ...ssibly overlapping output from multiple system_bg calls error Error description in case of bad system call success yes no depending on whether the call succeeded None of the fields are mandatory excep...

Page 158: ...rall media scripts my_script lua E b Custom Lua functions Following Lua functions are available globally function dmesg nil Write a message to all clients Parameters varargs Accepts any number of stri...

Page 159: ...s failed error is raised function set object control param value boolean Assign a value to an objects parameter Parameters object string Name of the object to use control string Name of the control in...

Page 160: ...pe is given error is raised If the object control or the parameter is does not exist error is raised If the parameter on the object is not a DoubleArray error is raised If the given index is out of ra...

Page 161: ...param string Name of the parameter in the control value string Value to assign timing table Parameters to use for timing see below transition string Transition type to use see below Timing parameter e...

Page 162: ...the current cue macro function cue_wait_fade nil Sleep until previous cue has started fading function cue_wait_hold nil Sleep until current cue has finished fading function cue_wait_end nil Sleep unti...

Page 163: ...ener mouseup mouselog function mouselog e console log type e type x e x y e y ctrlKey e ctrlKey window addEventListener keyup keylog window addEventListener keypress keylog window addEventListener key...

Page 164: ...he KeyDown and KeyUp to simulate the key being pressed down a while send_ui_event source1 Keyboard KeyDown Name ArrowLeft sleep 0 50 send_ui_event source1 Keyboard KeyUp Name ArrowLeft Here the ArrowL...

Page 165: ...Down Name KeyA Shift Ctrl F c b Keyboard events Raw keycode interface While the above is the recommended usage Advanced users may want to send keys by raw keycode numbers instead of by key name The ab...

Page 166: ...onMiddle MouseButtonRight Example usage of moving mouse while left mouse button is down and Alt button is down send_ui_event source1 Mouse Move 900 700 MouseButtonLeft Alt Appendix G JavaScript exampl...

Page 167: ...ser window height large enough to fit the whole webpage and do the scrolling in commander layer instead G b Ex Fill in text field and click button In Commander Media Network Webpage Set Web page addre...

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